The future prospect of local coaches has taken a huge knock, with foreign tacticians in charge of all Mamelodi Sundowns, Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs for the first time in 15 years.
The capability and trust in local coaches got a massive boost through the success of former Sundowns coach Pitso Mosimane who was at the club for nearly eight years.
After the Chiefs job was largely reserved for foreign coaches, Mosimane's success seemingly opened the minds of Amakhosi hierarchy, as in 2015, Steve Komphela became the first full-time local coach since Trott Moloto in 1994 - breaking a spell of 21 years without a native tactician at Amakhosi.
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However, the Buccaneers had given local coaches opportunities, even though foreign mentors dominated the bench over the years.
The year 2008 was considered as a watershed moment for local coaches, after Owen Da Gama was appointed at Ezimnyama but he lasted only a year before he was replaced by Ruud Krol.
The Krol era threatened to sway the foreign flavour towards Sundowns and Chiefs, after the Dutchman built a strong foundation that made Pirates win the league in 2011.
Pirates could not give a local coach a chance after a treble in the 2010/11 season, as Brazilian Julio Cesar and Peruvian Augusto Palacios shared the second treble season before sanity prevailed and Roger de Sa was handed the reigns.
Chiefs were still experimenting with Serbian Vladimir Vermezovic, in the last era where all the big three had foreign managers in charge, as Masandawana had the likes of Bulgarian Hristo Stoichkov and Spanish mentor Antonio Lopez.
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The last season all foreign coaches occupied three hot seats in the country at the same time was the 2009/10 campaign, with Stoichkov at Sundowns, Vermezovic at Amakhosi and Krol at Pirates.
The recent appointment of Portuguese coach Miguel Cardoso at the Tshwane giants marks a new era in South African football coaching landscape, as he has joined Spanish coach Jose Riveiro at The Buccaneers and Tunisian Nasreddine Nabi at The Glamour Boys.
Masandawana's success over the years gained widespread applause and gave local coaches credibility, as they had not had a foreign mentor since the late Johan Neeskens in 2012.